Virtual video assistant for a surrounding environment



The instant Design Patent Application is related to and claims thebenefit of application Ser. No. 11/354,779 filed on 15 Feb. 2006 ;entitled “Dynamic Interactive Region-Of-InterestPanoramic/Three-Dimensional Immersive Communication System and Method”(abandoned); application Ser. No. 11/830,637 filed on 30 Jul. 2007entitled “Panoramic Image-Based Virtual Reality/TelepresenceAudio-Visual System and Method” (abandoned); application Ser. No.12/266,308 filed on Nov. 6, 2008 entitled “Panoramic Adapter System andMethod with Spherical Field-Of-View Coverage” (abandoned).

The undersigned applicants of the instant invention affirm under oaththat the instant invention was NOT made with government support under acontract or awarded by a federal agency and the government has NO rightsin the instant invention.

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a virtual video assistant fora surrounding environment in accordance with our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG.1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right-side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG.1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom side of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a back side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG.1 ;

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG.1 ;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a virtual video assistant for asurrounding environment in accordance with an alternate embodiment, witha similar appearance and shape to that of the design in FIG. 1 , theonly exception is that the alternate embodiment includes an additionaltextured area;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 8 ;and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 8.

The oblique line shading on the vertical side of the virtual videoassistant depicts the display.

The oblique line shading on the top-side ring shaped surface depicts thetranslucent light portion.

The circumferential rings of textured shading depict a contrast inappearance for the speaker/microphone and ventilation.

The rectilinear representations at the bottom of the virtual videoassistant depict rectangular recesses for a connector port.

CLAIM The ornamental design for a virtual video assistant for asurrounding environment, as shown and described.